Review: Metro 2033

[Serum211]

I havent really played the game so this is more or less senterd on the review itself.

The arguments are okay. But most of them seem to come from the fact that game maybe designed to be hard. If it was not designed to be hard, well then its clearly design problem. Overall a decent review

And guys, stop hitting on this review. I mean just because someone else has a diffrent opinion then you its suddenly a ''horrid review''.

 

[FastFoot92]

This. In fact I've seen from past threads that we sit eye to eye on pretty much everything about this game. It isn't the best game, but it is one hell of a ride. It's a blast to stealth around, because not only is the stealth system fair, it's realistic. Every person you meet is going to be cautious, when they see something or someone they aren't just gonna say "oh he's gone now it's safe." No they will find you and kill you before they relax. Can't tell you how many times I was stealthing through an area, got sloppy and stood in too much light, or got sloppy and stepped on some glass, or over a tripwire. It's fantastic, and quite possibly one of the best stealth systems on the market.

Oh that stealth syestem! They tricked me into using it in that Nazi occupied station. I was sneaking up on the two un-armoured sentrys and,those clever bastards, they started talking abut their families! How could I kill them now? Damn you 4a games

 

[TheBritish]

How does the book hold up ?

The book has far less combat and far less surface time. It's more about things like "fate" and the main enemy is "fear" rather than people. I really liked it. Creepy and scary at times, always kept me pushing forwards to figure out what was going on and the ending was just... You read it and just feel like it all makes so much sense

I havn't finished the game yet, so I can't really compare the two to the end, but... Aw hell, I liked the book. That's all I can really tell you I'm now hunting for a copy of Metro-2035

 

[theownerer]

wow that looks terrible. Glad I avoided it.

 

[Nikajo]

I honestly cannot understand why people don't like this game. Yes it's difficult in places, yes sometimes the enemies seem to be bulletproof yes the stealth is hard but why would you want a game you can breeze through?

"Your only option is to run and gun"...? Clearly somebody has never heard of sniping. I went through this entire game (on normal difficulty) without firing a single round of the military grade ammo.

Kinda hoping Yahtzee will review this game soon. He'll probably say its rubbish but looking forward to the jokes none the less

p.s. for people having trouble with the librarians - pneumatic arrow launcher, fully pumped up will kill a librarian in one shot to the head. And then you can take the arrow back. Just a little ammo saving advice

 

[VanBasten]

wow that looks terrible. Glad I avoided it.

Maybe read the rest of the comments in this thread before you post, as most of those disagree strongly with the review, and may give you a bit of a broader picture.

 

[theownerer]

wow that looks terrible. Glad I avoided it.

Maybe read the rest of the comments in this thread before you post, as most of those disagree strongly with the review, and may give you a bit of a broader picture.

I know but just that brief moment of gameplay where he walked around sluggishly walks around and shoots a guy in the face with a shotgun to have him survive, just really puts me off.

 

[Bobbovski]

I liked it personally. I felt that it was very interesting and atmospheric. But yes, it could have been done better.

 

[eels05]

Something about his review just seemed off.
Like he set out to play it run and gun and just gave up when he realised it dosen't work that way.
Still want to get this when the price drops.

 

[TheComedown]

I've only play a little under an hour into the game so far and i must say i disagree with pretty much everything said in the review. "run and gun" take an extra half second and aim then there is no problem, its not supposed to be easy, if you could run and gun your way through the entire game the atmosphere wouldn't be nearly as immersive and scary as it it. It is aiming for that survival horror feel the weaker guns and the bullet counting are all part of this.

 

[Tharwen]

It looks like a crossover between COD2 and Fallout 3.

 

[duchaked]

SPARTA!!!

but seriously, everything I've seen about this game shows a lot to be liked but with some sloppy gameplay
might give it a look some time, but probably wouldn't invest in it (might take a look at the book tho)

 

[UtopiaV1]

New reviewer? (and the 4000+ posts under your name says you're not!) Or have i just not heard anything he's done for the 3 years i've been here?

You're alright, but could we have less opinions on personal game preferences and more solid facts, followed by opinions on facts? I thought that's what a reviewer was supposed to do, remove their own preferences and dis/likes from the game, review in a broad way to how everyone will experience it, then say what you did and didn't like from your own experiences of playing it? Watch a few of Susan Arendt's recent reviews, they were very well written.

I still want to get M2033, i love hard FPS's that require the use of stealth, tactics and resource-management. Apparently though, you love (and were expecting) Quake 3 or somesuch

 

[dryg]

Horrid review. Simply horrid. The worst "official" review I've seen on this site, actually.

Metro 2033 has quite possibly the best stealth I've ever seen. It's better stealth than Splinter Cell: Conviction, imo.

Dirty Bullets "laughably weak"?

I don't know what your were playing, but I beat the game on Normal with little trouble. And never fired a single military grade round. Not even once. Towards the end, as a LOOTING MASTER, I had 700 SMG/Rifle rounds. 250 shotgun shells. 200 revolver rounds. And I used a lot of that on the "Librarians". Seriously. Those things suck. I had like 300 SMG rounds left after that level, and a few shotgun shells.

Oh, yeah. I managed to stealth through nearly every area that had human enemies. Often without killing ANYONE. This game doesn't hold your hand. I had to use trial and error to accomplish my stealth.

In fact, the only really bad element of the game were the amoeba...things towards the end.

QFTW, best sp game in a long time imo
And why do you never make any PC reviews exept if its PC only?

 

[s_glasgow99]

Not only do I disagree with this this review, but I want to point out that this is a very important game, that, like Heavy Rain, if it does well, will be making waves in the industry.
I'm talking about the 'story based shooter'. Like Bioshock, like Fallout 3.(maybe less like Fallout 3 but you get the picture) These game designers are going out of their way to immerse you in a story that's more than just running through a set and shooting things. If we don't show how much these kind of games are important to us, then they will all but disappear as did the adventure games of yore.

 

[faselei]

Good review.

Nice to hear a UK accent, they are clearer and less grating for my ears

 

[De Ronneman]

So, I didn't play 2033.

One question burns in my brain.

Spoiler: question...

Why the hell are there nazi's?

 

[TheBritish]

So, I didn't play 2033.

One question burns in my brain.

Spoiler: question...

Why the hell are there nazi's?

Well...

Spoiler: answer...

In the book they're just described as "Fascists". The idea is that after the bombs dropped and people were thrown in together all kinds of ideologies came about. In the book they weren't "traditional" Nazis, but they were damn close. There are also Communists, Christians, Cannibals and god knows what else )

 

[ClunkiestTurtle]

While i have yet to play the game so for now i can't comment on his accuracy, i like his style of reviewing more then most of the other reviewers on this site who all sound exactly the same down to the number of words and timing of each sentence.

Personally i prefer video reviews to written reviews and would love them to develop them more.

 

[Weaver]

I wish 4A games would just release a damn demo already.